Mr. Halbert Lee Kellum Jr.

KELLUM, Mr. Halbert Jr. - age 71, passed away Friday, August 15, 2014 at Heritage Manor Healthcare Center. Family hour 10 a.m. Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at Vernon Chapel A.M.E. Church, 5802 Dupont St. with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Rev. Dr. Byron C. Moore officiating. Interment Crestwood Memorial Cemetery, 2020 E. Hill Rd., Grand Blanc, MI. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10 a.m. Wednesday. Mr. Kellum will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd. and may be viewed from 12 p.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday. Halbert Lee Kellum Jr. was born October 21, 1942 in Mississippi County, Missouri, the son of Halbert Kellum Sr. and Maudie Rogers. He moved to Flint, Michigan with his parents when he was 4 years old. He graduated from Northern High School in 1960. After graduating high school he attended Mott Community College on a track scholarship. Mr. Kellum left Mott before graduating after receiving a job offer from General Motors. He would later go on to obtain his bachelor’s degree in business administration and graduate with honors from the Detroit College of Business before he retired. He retired at the age of 62 from General Motors as a skilled trades production supervisor in October 2004 with over 40 years of service. He married Lillen Burns in 1966. To that union was born two children, Tammy and Byron Kellum. Mr. Kellum loved his family and he loved the Lord. After joining Vernon Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church he became a very active member of the congregation. He sang with the men’s choir, attended bible study, he was a class leader and the treasurer of the Sunday school department. He also enjoyed spending time with his family and friends, watching television, talking on the telephone and listening to music. He was also an avid Michigan State fan. Halbert Lee Kellum Jr. leaves to cherish his memory: loving wife of 48 years, Lillen Kellum; daughter, Tammy Kellum; granddaughter, Layla Richardson; 2 sisters, Gwendolyn Kellum and Karen Crawford; 2 brothers, Kenneth and Donald (Evelyn) Kellum; 1 step-sister, Bobbie Bradshaw all of Flint; 2 uncles, William (Patricia) Kellum of Flint and Jettie (Lois) Kellum of Mt. Morris, MI; 4 sisters-in-law, Anne Robert and Rose Burns of Chicago, IL, Nora Dawkins and Mary White of Flint; 3 brothers-in-law, Henry (Vera) Burns of Flint, Calvin Burns of Chicago, IL, and Tommie (Willa) Burns of Jackson, MS; adopted family, Terry and Chad Newton, Angie Newton-Mattis and Wayne Brown all of Burton, MI; godson, LaMontti Carter of El Dorado, AR; special friends, Woody (Tammy) Etherly, Lawrence McKinney and John (Melanie) Perkins, and Abraham (Lena) Felix as well as a host of other family and friends. Mr. Kellum was preceded in death by: his son, Byron Kellum, his mother, Maudie Rogers; father, Halbert L. Kellum Sr.; brother, Roger Kellum; his friend and walking buddy, Leroy Stevenson. The family would like to thank everyone for the many kind expressions of love and concern extended to them during their time of bereavement. They would like to say a special thanks to Myrtle Jones, Pastor Grundy, Terry Newton & family, Larry McKinney, Rev. Woody Etherly and family, the Warren-Richardson family, as well as the Vernon Chapel AME Church family. May God bless each of you and sustain a lasting peace within your souls.

Mr. Halbert Lee Kellum Jr.

October 21, 1942 - August 15, 2014